Apollo''s Pov.


    ~Among the scorching corpse, a group of children could be seen struggling to survive the dire situation.


    Their home was destroyed while the people they loved all died horribly. So with great desperation, they run as far as they can, however dark shadowy hands begin pulling them, trying to devour the little life they have left.


    Before the children knew it their life began to revolve around the four corners of the prison. Their breakfast are curses from the guards while their lunch is beatings by the passing priest. Finally, at night they became dinner for a hungry group of hyenas. Their eyes re with greed while their mouths salivate in desire.


    The fragile bodies of the pure ones soon became tainted and broken, no longer shining the same way they used to be~.


    ~However, the dark days didn''tst long, on the day that new visitors came to the lonely prison, the once pure and innocent disappeared along with their entire existence.


    The prison was turned upside down due to their disappearance, the dark gloomy room never saw the pure ones again~


    This was a story on one of the books Alya once wrote for us. I never thought I''d see the day that a simr ce written in the book would be found here.


    Wait could it be?


    My foot suddenly halted and a horrifying realization suddenly dawned on me.


    "The ce where the story happened is here?"


    Then the characters in the story were...


    I stopped my thoughts and decided to wander the depths of the underground tunnels and maze underneath the temple and found all surprising things. There was a treasury,  gemstones and some maps of mana stones and crystal mines. Of course, I took them all, it''s a waste to ignore such treasure.


    I felt really entertained even though the surface didn''t look that good. (Since I am currently destroying it)


    Aside from treasures I was able to find an underground prison which contains dozens of experimental studies and equipment.


    I suddenly felt nervous while I walked inside the empty room.


    It was an office which contained all sorts of stuff.


    "What''s this?"


    A thick folder which isbelled as Gemini project attracted my attention so I picked it up and immediately regretted my action.


    "...."


    A wave of disgust and anguish fills my heart.


    To think such a study was inflicted on others.


    I solemnly closed the folder before burning all the other files with it.


    What am I even pondering with, I am no better than them since I also execute human experimentation punishment of the empire.


    With the mes devouring all the materials and results of the study a wave of sadness washes me over.


    "I don''t need this"


    I wanted to get some useful spells though what I saw just horrified me.


    The Gemini projects were meant to make a copy of the abilities of Gods and spread the blessings towards other people. Aaron was locked up and experimented with the desire to exploit his blessings. That is also the reason why Alya and the others who escape have unique abilities which are rare to find. They were the failed experiments from the Gemini project.


    mes spread while Apollo continues to walk deeper into the prison.


    I needed to see more, so I decided to walk deeper towards the dark gloomy ce.


    My emotions escted once I saw all the mangled corpses which were chained and mutted on the tables and the corners of the room.


    Their bodies were too small indicating their tender age. I clench my teeth while I slowly approach them.


    "I''ll take you all with me"


    This ce is not where all of you belong.


    I lifted them one by one until all the abandoned bodies disappeared from the dark gloomy prison.


    As I walk a new spark of motivation zes in me to destroy this ursed ce.


    "I will make sure none of the people in this damn monastery lives"


    Mana fluctuated while bloodlust erupted.


    ...


    [Notification Alert!


    The twelfth, eleventh and tenth temples have been destroyed!


    Total kill count: 30,000]


    Apollo felt his head spin as soon as he saw such a notification.


    "The storage is full, Jeremiah upgrade the system to increase its storing capacity"


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    Currently, we are at the Ninth temple and it seems Arabe, Samael, Casper and Matilda are busy torturing someone.


    "Argh!"


    I heard another painful scream but my friends'' reaction didn''t change.


    "Tell us where that person is"


    Samael calmly asked however the pdin they were trying to interrogate remained silent.


    "Should I make you cry this time?"


    Samael raised his hand and the pdin''s temperature began to soar.


    As the pdin''s temperature rises, his body undergoes several physiological changes. Eyes be bloodshot and watery due to the dtion of blood vessels in response to the increased temperature.


    However, Samael shows no signs of stopping. The body of the pdin also starts sweating to cool down, the heart rate increases, and I could see signs of fatigue or difort.


    [Additionally, the person may experience symptoms like headache, muscle aches, and a general feeling of being unwell]


    "I don''t really need that info."


    [Since you are observing I thought I could dump some info]


    I could only sigh with Jeremiah''s words before my eyesnded on the four again.


    "I wish I could help"


    However, they told me to leave the matter of revenge to their hands.


    "I should clean up the big shots"


    I finally moved from my position where the army of mechanized soldiers waited for mymand.


    "Hmm?"


    I haven''t fully attacked and only destroyed at least half of the Ninth temple, should I continue?


    [Creator as of now, no movements are being made by the enemy forces]


    "I still wonder why they didn''t take the opportunity to attack when we stopped moving"


    [I also don''t know]


    "Never mind I should just do what I need to do"


    From the dark sky, ny-nine Apollo came out and calmly floated in front of the temr knights and priests.


    "Are we finally going to fight?"


    I asked myself,ing face to face with thene of enemies.


    I thought we would immediately start the fight but all we do is stare at each other.


    "This is weird, are they perhaps preparing something?"


    [I haven''t detected anything Creator so I am also confused with their silence]


    "Should we wait or attack?"


    [Maybe we should observe?]


    I was about to agree when both of our attention switched back to the army.


    "Someone is approaching"


    [A very strong individual]


    My heart suddenly gets excited while my mind makes a series of scenarios on how our fight will turn.


    The army of pdin parted as they made a path for their leader.


    The archbishop of the Ninth Temple finally emerges.


    "A level 1 Celestial mage"


    [Most of the archbishops we met are all level 1 Celestial mage rank]


    "Yes and all of them have a skill called equalizer"


    [A skill that bnces the stats of all attributes]


    "I don''t know if having that skill is beneficial or not"


    [Perhaps it is]


    This priest wears a ck cassock, a full-length garment with button closure, has long sleeves and fits the body closely.


    [That clothing is made from mythril and I also scan several protective enchantments]


    "So this is his armor, Jeremiah put the spell Devorator on my spear"


    [You n to use that ck spell to eat away the enchantment]


    "Yes this way I can cut through his armor"


    I walked in front of my army waiting for my opponent to speak.


    "I supposed you are the leader"


    "Yes I am"


    A unison of voices was heard resulting in a creepier atmosphere.


    "What was that!"


    "Look up!"


    The pdins and priests bore witness to one hundred demon-like beings, one standing among an army of armoured soldiers while the ny-nine floated above.


    "You are a hive mind" the archbishop realized.


    "You could say that"


    An answer from one hundred beings was heard, their united voices created an eerie moment that the enemies felt ufortable.


    They felt scared and more afraid to fight back.


    "I have a proposal for you"


    A proposal?


    Is it a trap?


    A smirk unintentionally came out of my mouth then I answered.


    "Go ahead and say it"


    "I would like to propose a fight between us and the defeated shall obey whatever the victor decides"


    [Perhaps he really ns to trap you]


    "I don''t know if he cares for his people or he just ns to fight me"


    [If you fight him you might find out]


    "Indeed"


    My feet move closer to the archbishop causing the army behind him to be alerted.


    "At ease my men"


    "But your excellency"


    "I said calm down"


    "I''ll agree with you, we shall fight and if I win..."


    A ck-tainted substance spreads out causing everyone to feel suffocated.


    "What an intense bloodlust"


    Then as the suffocating feeling envelops everyone a bone-chilling voice whispers to their ears.


    "...I shall kill every living being in this ce"